(CNN) The House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy following reports that he reimbursed employees with for donating to GOP candidates, New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney told CNN in a statement Tuesday. David Young, a longtime human resources director of New Breed Logistics, told The Post that when DeJoy was a fundraiser for the Republican Party, "he asked employees for money. Monty Hagler, spokesman for DeJoy, told CNN in a statement Tuesday that DeJoy "believes that all campaign fundraising laws and regulations should be complied with in all respects." The postmaster general told Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee when he testified before the House committee last month that he never repaid executives for making donations to the Trump campaign. And on Monday night, Cooper tweeted that DeJoy should resign and his former executives also be subpoenaed to testify before the House.

Source: CNN September 08, 2020 11:44 UTC